Teams in need of starting pitching figure to pay close attention to the Dodgers this week.

Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports that the Rangers, Pirates, Mariners and Indians were in attendance to watch Chris Capuano throw in a minor league game this afternoon. Chances are they came away impressed with what they saw, as the southpaw allowed only three hits and struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings.

Chad Billingsley hasn’t had any problems with his elbow this spring while Zack Greinke appears on track to start the season, so the Dodgers have quite a surplus of starters at the moment. Capuano, Aaron Harang and Ted Lilly are candidates to be moved in the coming days. Harang is scheduled to start in a minor league game tomorrow, so some of the same teams listed above could be watching.

Capuano, 34, posted a 3.72 ERA and 162/54 K/BB ratio over 198 1/3 innings in 33 starts with the Dodgers last season. He’s owed $6 million this season while his contract includes a mutual option for 2014 for $8 million or a $1 million buyout.

Even though The Tribe could use another starter, I’d hate to see them have this huge (for them) off-season and then get rid of Cabrera and leave a hole in the middle of the infield. I don’t know who else they’d have to send west. Although with Ramirez the Dodgers don’t need a SS, so who knows…